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RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines
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Network Working Group L. Berger
Request for Comments: 2379 FORE Systems
BCP: 24 August 1998
Category: Best Current Practice
RSVP over ATM Implementation Guidelines
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo presents specific implementation guidelines for running
RSVP over ATM switched virtual circuits (SVCs). The general problem
is discussed in [6]. Implementation requirements are discussed in
[2]. Integrated Services to ATM service mappings are covered in [3].
The full set of documents present the background and information
needed to implement Integrated Services and RSVP over ATM.
1. Introduction
This memo discusses running IP over ATM in an environment where SVCs
are used to support QoS flows and RSVP is used as the internet level
QoS signaling protocol. It applies when using CLIP/ION, LANE2.0 and
MPOA methods for supporting IP over ATM. The general issues related
to running RSVP[4] over ATM have been covered in several papers
including [6] and other earlier work. This document is intended as a
companion to [6,2] and as a guide to implementers. The reader should
be familiar with both documents.
This document provides a recommended set of functionality for
implementations using ATM UNI3.x and 4.0, while allowing for more
sophisticated approaches. We expect some vendors to additionally
provide some of the more sophisticated approaches described in [6],
and some networks to only make use of such approaches. The
recommended set of functionality is defined to ensure predictability
and interoperability between different implementations. Requirements
for RSVP over ATM implementations are provided in [2].
Berger Best Current Practice